with intoxication manslaughter for the death of 25-year-oldjerrybrownamember of the team's practice squad. investigators say brown was unresponsive when they arrived. >> when our officers arrived on scene, mr. brent was removing -- or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> reporter: brent and brown were college teammates at the university of illinois. the two were reunited in october when the cowboys signed brown after the indianapolis colts released him. in a statement, cowboys' owner jerry jones said -- >> reporter: news of the deadly accident stunned cowboys' fans. >> man, that's sad to hear. i mean -- life plays out sometimes like you don't plan it. >> reporter: but many say they are standing by their team. >> i love my cowboys. i love my cowboys. and i'm rooting for them and i'm hoping everything turns out okay. >> reporter: the team arrived in cincinnati saturday ahead of their game against the bengals on sunday. teresa garcia, cbs news. >> a standoff between police and an armed man barricaded inside a jack in the box ended with the suspect being shot. around 1:00 this afternoon, p

brown. it'sthe second time in a week there's been a tragedy involving an nfl player. abc news reporter chuck severtson has the details. >> early saturday morning josh brent was speeding on a service road in a dallas suburb when his car hit a curb and flipped. >> when our officers arrived on scene, mr. brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. i should also point out that the vehicle actually did catch on fire. >> the passenger, brent's cowboys's teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown, was pronounced dead at the hospital. brent was initially arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after failing a sobriety test and after brown died the charge was updated to intoxication manslaughter. cowboys owner jerry jones issued a statement saying we are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of jerry brown. at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of jerry's family and all of those who knew him and loved him. the incident comes one week after kansas city chief's linebacker killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the

they playingthebrownswouldhelp turn things around. these are hard times for the raider faithful. quarterback threw for a career high of 364 yards, finds josh gordon. oakland gets into the end zone. carson palmer to rod streeter, e lead is down to three. they were going for a tying field goal but he under throws and it is picked off. browns ate up the clock with a long drive, richardson scores. raiders still lose their fifth straight, 20-17. the coach says palmer's pick was a real killer. >> we can't turn the ball over like that. we got all the momentum. we are moving the ball. we can't have that self-inflicted wound right there we need to get rid of it. we can't make that mistake. >> former stanford star andrew luck continues his superb season. colts rally to beat detroit 35-33. >>> it's now officially, stanford will take on wisconsin in the rose bowl january 1st. meanwhile, san jose state which is ranked 24th in the polls will take on bowling green in the military bowl 27th in washington, d.c. >> in college hoops the stanford men placed host to denver. cardinals jumped out to a

turn to former mayorwilliebrownandsan francisco police chief greg surf. and our first question to the chief is, okay, you're advocating these tasers. do you have any experience in have you ever been tased? >> i have actually when he was mayor, we were looking at it 10 years ago and i volunteered. i'm telling you, it works. >> okay. so why the objections at the board? >> well, there are some people that just believe that under every single circumstance, that you can resolve the situation and that you would never, ever, ever have to use some sort of weapon to defend yourself. and that just hasn't proven to be the case over time. >> now, every other city around has gone with tasers. what is it about san francisco that mass it so resistent? >> i think the people in san francisco object to tasers, are firmly of the opinion that you would sell them, use your fatal weapon, your weapon could end newspaper a fatality, but you would use your taser every 30 seconds, every opportunity you have. >> okay. is he right? does it increase the high visibility of use? >> i would say the tests over

:20. fighting to stop the slide. the raiders looking for a win at home againstthebrowns. >>plus, reigniting the quarterback controversy. the 9ers fall to the rams so will alex smith get his spot back? ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, three weeks... but this time >>> very impressive storm totals. that series of storms almost 16" in some the north bay and into the santa cruz mountains. almost 8" in santa rosa and almost 4" in san francisco. a brief break today. more on the way, though. >> we're starting to see lots of brake lights out there especially at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights have just been turned on. you can see traffic backed up beyond 880 at this point. a complete look at traffic in just a few minutes. >>> let's talk a little football now. >> let's do that. >> the 49ers and rams played into overtime for the second time in three weeks. but this time, there was a winne at the end. >> frank gore scored a touchdown in the 1st quarter. it was still 7-0 in the third when the rams got a safety and in the 4th quarter, there's your safety right there, threw it out of bounds

of california law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws. governorjerrybrownvetoedthe bill in september. >> we must make sure secure communities focuses on violent criminals, not on day labor workers. not on women who are victims of domestic violence. >>> a gay teen who spoke out after being denied his eagle scout award was honored today in sacramento. he invited him and his family to the opening legislative session. he was kicked out of the scouts, prompting a nationwide campaign. >>> the national park service repainted graffiti which is a first. the tower was restored and repainted with weather resistant paint to protect the land mark but it covered up graffiti from 1969-1971. they repainted the graffiti to match the other message of peace and freedom. >>> tracking showers over the next 36 hours. rainfall should start light in the north bay tomorrow but it will work its way south and will have an impact on the wednesday morning commute. the rest looks light. you can see the sweep going. rain up there. it is light. pretty impressive when you look at the percents. 181% of a

killed after a late night accident in texas.jerrybrownfromdallas cowboys died early this morning. he was a neang a vehicle that crashed. his teammate josh brent has been arrested for intoxication manslaughter. police say he was drunk when he lost control of his mercedes. he hit a curb and flipped. he faces up to 22 years in prison if convicted. >> egypt's president has agreed to resipped the near absolute power he acquired for himself in the last few weeks. it's part of a compromise he agreed with opposition leaders, but it isn't the only big news from the region tonight. an arrest linked to the attack. >> it's one of the most important arrests in years and may be linked to benghazi. ambassador creation stevens and three americans died in the attack on the anniversary of september 11th. mohammad jamal is in your nou in custody. he admitted to traveling to libya and is member of the group that seejd the consulate. thousands of protestors protested morsi's power grab. 600 killed and 700 injured. but today he met with opposition leaders and announced a compromise. he gave up the additio

againstthebrowns. witha short week coming up, they play on thursday night -- tomorrow's game is more important. quarterback pryor is expected to suit up for the first time tomorrow. not sure if hi -- he will see action. carson palmer having pain is in throwing hand but is expecting to a start. >> he needs to feel what it's like to suit up on game day. >> definitely a step with this organization, and just warm out with those guys and see how he handles a real game situation. a good time. >> mike: you have your other futbol. that's coming up. >> ama: take a look in part of california the rainy weather has created a flood of yes you did. no i didn't, no i didn't. yes you did, yes you did. no i didn't, no i didn't. yes you did. did not. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal now with a dozen delicious cook-store. the kfc festive feast. all for just $19.99. today tastes so good. >> time for the third storm to strike, and already saturated bay area braces for yet another soaker. look at live doppler 7hd radar. leigh glaser will be telling us everything going o

. >> couple getting married here just not same sex couple.gavinbrownedbreakingdecision overturned by california voters in 2008 when they supported prop 8 ban on gay marriage. watching from the side rins today one half of the same sex couple elizabeth chase. >> you know this isn't the first time that i have watched a couple get married while talking about mawrj equality in san francisco city hall. i have been waiting for 3 years toen joy the same privilege that these folks are currently enjoying. >> also this afternoon john lewis and stewart who were married before the prop 8 ban. >> over 100,000 loving committed legally married same sex couple across the nation. an thousands or more to come soon with washington and mayor listened and maine having marriage equality now. >>reporter: san francisco city attorney is part of the legal team arguing against prop 8. >> i am gratified and confident very confident that the supreme court which is now going to be taking up the civil rights issue of our time will reach the same result that the district court did and the 9th circuit did and we

and 64 yds and touchdown. andthebrownsdidjust enough to set the 12th game road losing streak by beating the oakland 20-17. >> san francisco has become one of the few school districts to use this since the cost is higher than $9 million deal would still need school board approval which is scheduled for next week. >> the city of san jose says they're plastic bag then is a success. city officials say they have seen a dramatic drop in litter 0 around the city. san jose officials say their next goal is to eliminate polystyrene foam. they plan to present the city warmest to the city council in february to phase out foam boxes for large established starting in 2014 and small restaurants in 2015. >> the specific gun club may not be evicted after all the board of supervisors are expected to vote on the matter tomorrow. the city voted to of the to the club back in july after the estimated soil cleanup costs of the site would be $10.5 million. but during the eviction process, the club reached a deal for a month- to-month lease with the city. the gun club has been at this location for ne

in the suburb and killing his teammatejerrybrown. brentwas arrested after he failed a sobriety test. >> it appears that he was traveling at a high rate of speed at which time his vehicle touched or i am packed the outside curb of the service road causing his vehicle to flip one time. >> second degree felony charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. the cowboys are still scheduled to play the bengals today. last week, the kansas city chiefs player killed his girlfriend and then himself. >>> two funeral services being held for two teenagers. and shot and killed in oakland. a sidewalk memorial marks the spot where the two were gunned down two weeks ago. family and friends gathered at colonial chapel to remember them. today's services will be held for one of them at the mortuary. the bodies were found near brookdale park. >>> the man who killed lamar will be sentenced. he was trying to kidnap three women back in 2009. those incidents happened when garcia-torres was 17 years old. several years before sierra la mar went missing. >>> she is responsible for the children she was

elizabeth are 8-1. diana 12-1. thehairbrownis6-4. blond 2-1. black 5-2. and the long shot, 8-1 is red. >>> apple called samsung's claim irrelevant. samsung is asking the court to throw out the adjustment against it for a billion dollars. they say the formman hid some of his back ground. apple says there was no jury misconduct. >>> u.s. auto sales got a boost last month, how the day area faired. >> there is more rain headed our way. it will get wet. i will have the details on that. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. only $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. only $29 a month for six months. because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> a str

, the same group of governors will meet with john boehner. california governorjerrybrownisnot among the group. >>> 7:15. the owner of the drake's bay oyster company is plotting a legal response to the federal decision to shut down his operation. he said he will not give up. the operating permit expired last month at the national seashore. the company was told it will have to leave within 90 days and that area will return to wilderness. >>> oakland's largest pot club gets a key victory in court. a judge ruled that harborside medical center cannot be ejected and they cannot kick them out because it is not breaking state law. now, the landlord will decide again in federal court on december 20th. she wants them out because a federal prosecutor is threatening to seize the property. >>> southern california leaders are demanding that the county be reimbursed for more than $12,000. "the san jose mercury news" show that he used a tax-funded credit card to pay for casino stays, rental car upgrades. he said he will reimburse the county for many expenses within 30 days. but he's disputing some

in 2009 but it was vetoed by then governor schwarzenegger. governorjerrybrownvotedagainst paying uc berkeley's new chancellor $50,000 more than his predecessor. >>> the national memorial for united flight 93 near shanksville, pennsylvania, has been open for a year. it still needs had millions in donations to be finished. operators of the park say they're $5 million short of what they need to complete the site and build an education center there. 46 people flying on september 11th from newark, newark, to san francisco were killed when flight 93 crashed in that field. the families say they're hoping for a boost from private donors including fortune 500 companies. >> i feel nothing but peace when i'm at the site, when i'm stand oughted sacred ground. >> 450,000 people have already visited the memorial. >>> has our obsession with cell phones risen to the level of an addiction? some researchers say yes. they say factors such as materialism and impulsiveness play a big role in tipping cell phone use into an addiction especially when phones are used excessively in public. that's when we're

them now. and cbs5 political insider and former mayorwilliebrownandgreg surr, you made a big bust o o of a ring, and the haul was high-tech toys like cell phones. what do you make of that. >> it's no surprise. there's been 1700 cell phones stolen in san francisco just so far this year. and, you know, so when you hit it and get a whole bunch of the cell cell phones, laptops, cameras, watches, you name it, in fact the phone is ringing right now. >> i'll call you right back. >> and it's just that kind of, who calls at 7:00 in the morning. that's brutal. i thought that only happened to me. >> they never let me sleep. >> you know that. >> they never let me sleep. what is it about these things that make them so attractive to thieves. >> they're so transactional. they're easily portable, easy to resell. i've drawn the analogy, it's like walking around with $300 in your hand. >> you go and bust these people, what is it that they can do so fast that makes them valuable. >> you can sell them on the street real quickly. they have kiosks where you can drop it in and it is dispense cash in excha

son produces videos and they have more than 125 of them and 20 cds.jacksonbrownandelvin bishop is on the latest cd. they brought latin culture to hawaii and got a lesson in hawaiian tradition. >> we need to do a much better job to get people to talk to each other. >> it's because of his dedication that the artist group is giving eugene a $50,000 scholarship grant. >> for the christmas show this parking lot will be turned into a little bethlehem. there be music and fun on december 15th. >> katie: wal-mart is sponsoring an easy way for you to play santa claus and help low income kids in holiday season. today participating stores will have a toy drive. they are accepting donations for one day toy drive. as we get closer to christmas the toys will be distributed by salvation army. >> mark your calendars for this event. share your holiday food drive. it's next wednesday, december 12th, you can meet the abc news team as we broadcast live from around the bay area taking donations for local food banks. for more information and location nearest you go to abc7news.com/community. >> comin

and digital 4.. >>wi tran. --will tran. >> that wiped out power to maybe a few dozen peopleorbrownhairthey managed to basically tap into the system using garden hoses those homes should now have water. you can see crews showing up now evaluating the same. i talked to one guy and he says as far as making permanent repairs to the roadway it could take several months. the infrastructure that runs underneath including power lines that wiped out power. we talked to a woman at 7:38 a.m. her power was wiped out last night but has been restored. why did it happen? because you saw the heavy rain fall. to hear is the creek that runs underneath the roadway what happened was the debris of garbage basically blocked the pipes and that caused the creek to rise, keeping the water a pool and that saturated the ground. making the roadway to collapse and that is why it went down. you see the heavy equipment they are ready to do work, fortunately did not cause any injuries there were no cars on the roadways. we will talk to some supervisors so many agencies involved including east bay mud. sanitary distr

'4'', 170 pounds,withbrownhairand green eyes, she may be headed to modesto or richmond. >>> the family of a man who died after the giants world series celebrations offering a reward for any information about his death. shaun moffet suffered a head injury. he may have accidentally gotten hurt while jumping on a mattress but his roommates said moffet told him five men attacked him. he died a few days later. police are investigating his death as suspicious. >> now that the court has agreed to take up the issue of same sex marriage we are getting an idea of the possible outcomes. the court could limit its decision to california or say that denying gays the right to marry violates the constitution which would affect all states. the lieutenant governor who conducted same sex weddings in san francisco in 2004 thinks anthony kennedy could decide the issue. >> he has been the key player on advancing the rights of folk whose rights were taken away by public vote. >> many believe it'll be a 5-4 decision, one way or the other with justice kennedy casting the deciding vote. the court will hear a

a chance to win it.thebrownsmadeit 20-10 with three and a half left. final score 20-17. cleveland wins. raiders are 3-9. they have lost 6 in a row. >>> cardinal will face wisconsin in the rose bowl new year's day and 24th ranked san jose state now knows its opponent in the military bowl. the spartans will face bowling green university on december 27th. and that game will be played in the nation's capital. >>> play of the day comes from the world of golf. ricky fowler and his flaming orange pants. there they are. what an outfit! rolls an impressive little eagle shot right here. his approach on a par 4 his second shot and -- [ sound effect ] >> it goes in. >> beauty. >> that's a sweet shot. >> his outfit not so much. >> i like the hair, too. reminds me of my days back in the '70s. >> i guess he could get away with the orange. >> he does. he wears bright colors. >>> it's 5:25. right now awaiting the fate of prop 8. the supreme court could weigh in on same-sex marriage as soon as this morning. >> a wild high-speed pursuit through the east bay. two chp officers injured when their squad car

allen who left the football team following sunday's game againstthebrownstobe with his ailing father in texas, his father has passed away at the age of 66. grady allen had a heart attack last week and was in a dallas area intensive care unit. he played in the nfl as a linebacker with the falcons for five seasons. both he and his son played college football at texas a & m. dennis allen plans to be with the raiders thursday when they host denver on thursday night football. and speaking of denver, they come to the black hole for the first time with peyton manning under center. the future hall of famer overcame a bad neck injury to turn the broncos into a serious contender for the super bowl. >> i think it's historical to be honest with you. i wish we could document it you know, the process to be honest with you. then to come to a new team, new teammates, new city, everything about it new, it's amazing. >>> now, stanford battles wives for the rose both. of the badgers football coach bielema might not be on the sidelines. he accepted the vacancy at arkansas who was 4-8 this year. the gras

--bellbrowntrucks.city officials say an exposed 8 ft. storm pipe was designed to safely transport water underneath the road. but somehow it failed. the road came in sunday morning created a crater that is 80 ft. deep, 30 ft. long--wide and 18 ft. deep. >> a woman in a wheelchair was run over by a muni train last night. the unidentified woman was hit by an f. marcus trade at around 530 near the intersection of church and market streets. police are investigating whether she had leaned forward toward the trade, or if she fell off her wheelchair. witnesses say, the woman was dragged and trapped under the trade. medics, firefighters and police had to use a special tool to raise the train and pour from under it. tool to raise the train and pour from under it. >> we are rai oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew